Playwrights Walk plaque at Railroad Park to honor Lorraine Hansberry, who wrote ‘A Raisin in the Sun,’ and pay tribute to those who died at the hands of police and were remembered in the park’s T-shirt memorial
Almost 30 residents showed up at Ashland’s Railroad Park Tuesday to speak their minds with city officials on a variety of issues, including contaminated land, affordable housing, wildfire evacuations — and pickleball.
The fast-moving Applegate wildfire that prompted an immense initial attack from the air and the the ground Wednesday did not grow overnight, with a fire line secured around 70% of the perimeter.
The Ashland City Council voted Tuesday to further consider a 2 percent cost of living adjustment and improved benefits for non-union city employees, citing the need to seek more public input and deal with what they called misinformation about the proposed changes in compensation.
Desperate for money to get through the next two wildfire seasons and with few proposals on the table that could meet costs and get passed by the Oregon Legislature, Gov. Tina Kotek is proposing to skim some money off of the state’s “rainy day fund.”
Firefighters were holding the Upper Applegate Fire at about 350 acres with minimal growth Wednesday evening, according to an update from the Oregon Department of Forestry.
Changes in reporting policy, more police on the streets, and more arrests by officers led to a statistical increase in incidents regarded as uses of force by the Ashland Police Department, but the spike in stats is no cause for alarm, the city’s chief of police said Monday.
Watch out. Orville, the beer guzzling, abusive husband of Marlene, is running around trying to find Daddy Buford Turnover’s will and hoping to break into his strong box.
Ask Strider: A reader needs advice on how to comfort an anxious loved one, so Strider asks the Old Cedar Tree for their thoughts on the subject. Another reader sends head skritches and hopes for treats to the Dog About Town, which our advice columnist totally appreciates!
An Ashland advocate for the homeless alleges city police are aggressively enforcing rules and regulations at the city’s “night lawn” camping location to practice entrapment through issuing citations with expensive fines, all to harass the unhoused and possibly force them to move on elsewhere
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Ask Strider: A worried older brother asks our advice columnist’s advice. And a dog’s guardian wants to know if there is any hope getting their hat-hating dog to calm down. As always, Strider tries to give words that help!
After a successful production of “The Vagina Monologues” and raising more than $2,000 for Planned Parenthood of Southwestern Oregon, Ashland actor and director Lia Dugal intends for “The Climate Monologues” to premiere in Oregon in late 2025 or early 2026 at the Bellview Grange in Ashland.
It’s complicated.
Herbert Rothschild: Whether visualization and intention by themselves can effect broad social change is impossible to determine, but the question merits sustained consideration.
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